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6. History of the Guiding Principles

For the history of how the Guiding Principles were developed by UN Special Representative on business & human rights John Ruggie and endorsed by the Human Rights Council, see the following pages of our portal on the Special Representative's work:

More generally, all of Ruggie's work as UN Special Representative on business & human rights (2005-2011), as well as related materials including extensive background studies and reports prepared by Ruggie, his team, and others to inform his mandate, fed into the development of the Guiding Principles, as did commentaries on his work and submissions to his mandate by civil society, business and other stakeholders. All these materials are available on our portal on his work: click here

7. Additional materials

Click here for our website section on the Guiding Principles, which includes all materials on our site that make substantial reference to the Guiding Principles.

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